St. Valentine’s Day—The Old Story in All Lands

Winslow Homer1868

Details

Title: St. Valentine’s Day—The Old Story in All Lands
Creator: Winslow Homer
Date Created: 1868
Subject Keywords: genre, holidays, love, seasons, sex role, sexuality, valentines
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in composition, lower right: “WH”; printed after title: “[Drawn by Winslow Homer]”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1943
Materials & Techniques: Wood engraving with printed text on verso on wove paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published in “Harper’s Weekly” 22 February 1868, p. 124
Dimensions: 1910
Bibliography: Cowdrey 102; Beam 130
Associated People: Created by Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)
Accession Number: 1943.D1.129

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